A three-week trial at Leicester Crown Court heard the couple - who were in a "volatile" relationship - had been involved in a drunken row in the run-up to the fatal attack at Magson's house in Sylvan Street, Leicester, on March 27 this year.

The court was played a 999 call Magson made to emergency services some time after she struck the fatal blow, saying Mr Knight had collapsed and failing to mention he had been stabbed.